Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Women's 20 kilometres walk
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Beijing National Stadium
Dates:	21 August 2008
Competitors:	48
Nations:	30
Gold:	Olga Kaniskina
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Kjersti Plätzer
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Elisa Rigaudo
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Win Value:	1:26:31
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

The women's 20 km walk event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 21 at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.^[1] The qualifying standards were 1:33.30 (A standard) and 1:38.00 (B standard).^[2]

Records

Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Results

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	!Notes
			1:26:31
			1:27:07	NR
			1:27:12	PB
			1:27:17	PB
			1:27:25	NR
			1:27:44	PB
			1:27:45	PB
			1:27:46	NR
			1:28:14	PB
10			1:28:26	SB
11			1:28:28
12			1:29:08	SB
13			1:29:43
14			1:30:19
15			1:30:26	NR
16			1:30:31
17			1:30:52
18			1:31:03	SB
19			1:31:17
20			1:31:19
21			1:31:33	NR
22			1:31:56
23			1:32:16
24			1:32:19	PB
25			1:32:21
26			1:32:57	PB
27			1:33:02	=PB
28			1:33:55
29			1:34:03	SB
30			1:34:15	SB
31			1:34:33	SB
32			1:35:33
33			1:35:50
34			1:36:18
35			1:36:26
36			1:36:46
37			1:36:52	SB
38			1:37:03
39			1:37:59
40			1:39:11
41			1:41:03
42			1:44:13
			DQ
			DQ
			DQ
			1:27:54	DSQ
			DNF
			DNF

OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best (= - Equaled), SB - Season Best

Intermediates

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
4 km	1. Olga Kaniskina		17:00
			+0:27
			s.t.
			s.t.
			s.t.
8 km	1. Olga Kaniskina		34:09
			+0:41
			s.t.
			+0:42
			s.t.
12 km	1. Olga Kaniskina		51:19
			+0:41
			+0:49
			s.t.
			+0:56
16 km	1. Olga Kaniskina		1:08:31
			+0:59
			+1:09
			s.t.
			+1:20

s.t. - same time.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule . 2008-08-04 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131714/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode%3D3659/bydiscipline/index.html . 13 September 2008 . dead .
2. Web site: Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008 . 2008-08-04. IAAF. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131730/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. 13 September 2008 . live.